20 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

• Holiness
• Obedience and Disobedience
• Prayer

9 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Cor 9:17 — For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.
• 1Cor 13:3 — And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
• 2Chr 15:7 — Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.
• 2Cor 8:21 — Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
• 2Cor 9:9 — (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.
• 2Cor 9:10 — Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)
• 2John 1:8 — Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.
• Col 3:24 — Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.
• Dan 4:27 — Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.
• Deut 24:13 — In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.
• Eccl 7:16 — Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself ?
• Eph 6:8 — Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.
• Ezek 33:31 — And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth
• Gal 6:12 — As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.
• Heb 2:1 — Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
• Heb 6:10 — For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
• Heb 11:6 — But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
• John 5:44 — How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?
• John 7:4 — For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world.
• John 12:43 — For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
• Luke 11:35 — Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
• Luke 11:41 — But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.
• Luke 12:1 — In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the lea
• Luke 12:15 — And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
• Luke 14:12 — Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and
• Luke 16:15 — And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
• Luke 18:12 — I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
• Mark 8:15 — And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.
• Matt 5:12 — Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
• Matt 5:16 — Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
• Matt 5:16 — Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
• Matt 5:46 — For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
• Matt 5:46 — For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
• Matt 5:48 — Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
• Matt 6:4 — That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
• Matt 6:9 — After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
• Matt 6:16 — Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
• Matt 8:4 — And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
• Matt 10:41 — He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward.
• Matt 16:6 — Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.